Last spring I received a letter from a student who wanted to know more about me, and more, especially, about Fibonacci numbers. I wrote him back, and shared a bit more about Fibonacci numbers and their twin sibling, the Lucas numbers. [...]
I had a lovely experience last spring after a workshop with elementary teachers in a nearby school district. I thought I’d share. It began with saying yes to a teacher’s idea, [...]
In 2011 I posted a “short list” of favorite math resources for parents of young children. Since then, a lot of fantastic new materials have emerged! I thought the list was due for an update. There are so many resources around that [...]
I recently submitted an article on getting the most out of rich math tasks to Vector, the journal of the BC Association of Math Teachers. I’m posting just my article below. You can read the entire issue here. Enjoy! When it comes to [...]
I’ve just witnessed one of the best back-and-forths ever on Twitter, and I had to share it. It’s a phenomenal example of the pileup that allows great teachers to push each [...]
The promise of mathematics is that it will teach students to think. Sadly, there’s been no solid evidence that math class actually succeeds, statistically speaking, in achieving this end. A pessimist would conclude it’s a hopeless [...]
It’s probably a coincidence, but last weeks NYTimes had two articles in the Sunday Review on the value of memorizing relatively arcane knowledge. Memorize that Poem! Cure [...]
Update for 2018/2019: sign up for our January 2019 Math Teacher Circles in Seattle here. In the run up to the upcoming year of Math Teacher Circles, we decided to offer a kickoff [...]
I’m hosting a math night for parents and students tonight at a local elementary school tonight. These are always fun events, because I get to preach how games and puzzles are [...]
The logician and puzzle-maker Raymond Smullyan died yesterday at the age of 97. After reports circulating on twitter, the news was confirmed, and articles in memorium have begun to appear. Smullyan was a brilliant designer of puzzles, and [...]
Reposting our last email newsletter to the blog. If you’d like to sign up on our email list, click here. January News from Math for Love Loss: A farewell to Sid the goat Birth: [...]
I’ve been meaning to write this lesson up for a long time. Finally, here it is, in all its glory. You can check it out below, or find it here on the lessons page. This trick is [...]
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